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B. PETERS & W. J. SWARTZENBURG.

WHIP HOLDER.

No. 318,020. Patented May'lQ, 1885.

UNITEE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RUDOLPH PETERS AND WALTER J SWARTZENBURG, OF HAMILTON, ONTARIO, CANADA.

WHIP-HOLDER.

EZPEECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 318,020, dated May 19, 1 885. Application filed April 16, 1883. (No model.) Patented in Canada January 17, 1893, No. 16,137.

T 0 all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that we, RUDOLPH PETERs, of the city of Hamilton, in the county of \Ventworth, in the Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, machinist, and WALTER J OHN SWARTZENBURG, of the same place, whi p-manufacturer, have jointly invented a certain new and useful WVhip-Holder; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation ofthc same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

The invent-ion relates to a very simple but handy and convenient device for holding whips, which are hung from it by the small end perpendicularly, and thereby always retain their original straight form, which is not the case when whips are allowed to stand leaning against any object; they then soon become bent, lose their true shape, and are unsightly and awkward to handle.

Figure l is a front view of the device With no whip hung on it. Fig. 2isaside view, showing a portion of a whip hanging therefrom.

Our invention consists of two shear blades, A A, pivoted in the center by a screw, B, to a block, 0, or ring, in any position required. The said plates have their inner upper faces somewhat rounded, as shown at Fig. 1, and made of sheet metal. The bottom ends of the blades will be provided each with a tapering projection, a, to hold a spiral spring, D,which is made to surround them, and forces the upper part of the blades together, so as to impinge on or hold the lash of the whip E when it is placed between the said blades, as shown at the side View, Fig. 2.

Two pins, F F, are placed on each side, respectively, of the blades A A to prevent them from spreading too far apart.

G is simply a hollow in the block 0 to allow room for the spring D.

The holder can be secured to ablock singly, or in twos, threes, fours, or a dozen or more, on a straight line for holding whips, or attached to rings in any manner that taste may dictate.

The advantage of our device is, a whip can be hung on the device by simply placing. the end of it between the blades, they being curved on their inner upper ends to carry the whiplash down to the lower portion, while the spring D acts to clamp the blades securely upon it,where it hangs perpendicularly,in the way intended it should, until it is again wanted; and to remove it all that is necessary to do is to grasp the handle and push the whip upward, when it is instantly released from the blades, having retained its original straight elastic shape.

Having thus described our device, what we claim as our invention is A whip-hanger, consisting of the thin metal shear-blades A A, bent outward at the top, and pivoted together by a screw, b, at their center, to a block, ring, or equivalent device to hold it, and provided with projection a, operating-spring D, and pins F F, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

Dated at Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, this 17th day of January, 1883.

RUDOLPH PETERS. WALTER J. SWARTZENBURG.

In presence of T. B. POLE, WM. BRUCE. 

